My Wake-Up Call
Thirteen years ago, at 62, Maryjane Fahey was really living it up in New York City. Then her limbs started shaking, and everything changed.| Oldster Magazine
Thirteen years ago, at 62, Maryjane Fahey was really living it up in New York City. Then her limbs started shaking, and everything changed.| Oldster Magazine
What to read, watch, and listen to this weekend. PLUS: "The Oldster Top 10," Cliff Chenfeld's monthly playlist of new songs for old ears.đź‘‚| Oldster Magazine
"Had I my druthers, on my birthday, I’d receive calls from everyone I love—no texts permitted to mark birthdays. And flowers. Flowers on any occasion!"| oldster.substack.com
I had a great birthday eve at Oldster's first in-person event. Plus: Welcoming new subscribers.| Oldster Magazine
Watch now (28 mins) | The author of 17 books—including her recent memoir, First Born Girls—answers my questions over video and text. "I used to be a huge people pleaser—but not anymore, and I love that for myself!"| oldster.substack.com
On women, aging, and creativity.| oldster.substack.com
Julie Metz on her father's long life and big birthday. PLUS, an open thread on the centenarians in our lives: Do you have people 100 years old—or older—in your life? Or...are you 100 or older?| oldster.substack.com
"Learning about Penelope Fitzgerald’s life changed mine." An excerpt of 'Fonseca: A Novel,' with an introduction from the author.| oldster.substack.com
"Aging is terrific. No, arthritis is not, but it’s the most authentic self I’ve ever experienced."| Oldster Magazine
Part II of Gail Rice’s story about hiring younger male escorts at 70.| Oldster Magazine
The 'Kaplan's Plot' author answers my questions—over video, and text.| Oldster Magazine
An Oldster Magazine Friday Link Roundup. (Handsome Leading Man edition.)| Oldster Magazine
"The way The B-52s started was just sort of magic. No one said, 'Let's start a band.' We just started jamming one night and it happened."| Oldster Magazine
"I honestly cannot think of anything about being in recovery that is harder than not being in recovery."| Oldster Magazine
An Oldster Friday Open Thread for the fellas—about graying, hair loss, baldness, and and interventions to address them. How have you dealt with changes to your hair that have come with aging?| Oldster Magazine
Robert Burke Warren sits down with the rock icon, whose band, Heart, is currently on The Royal Flush tour.| Oldster Magazine
It's the first in-person Oldster event! (Hopefully of many!) The night before I turn 60!| Oldster Magazine
"I try hard to stay in shape mentally and physically, but there’s no denying that a 'youthful 82' is an oxymoron."| Oldster Magazine
Melanie Chartoff makes note of all the changes occurring for her at the three-quarter-century mark.| Oldster Magazine
Some Oldster-adjacent content, special for you. PLUS: "The Oldster Top 10," Cliff Chenfeld's monthly playlist of new songs for old ears.đź‘‚| oldster.substack.com
Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life. Click to read Oldster Magazine, by Sari Botton, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.| oldster.substack.com
After being scammed out of some savings, Martha Bayne rethinks the Gen X play book as it pertains to work and financial security.| oldster.substack.com
You say Friday Link Roundup. What to read, watch, and listen to this weekend...| oldster.substack.com
"I feel young and old at the same time. Like I've got the whole box of age crayons at my disposal and can color both inside and outside the lines."| oldster.substack.com
Martha Bayne interviews 73-year-old aerial arts enthusiast Barbara Hague.| oldster.substack.com
Megan Stielstra on embodying many ages at once, and learning of Sinéad O'Connor's death the summer her father was dying. An excerpt of "Nothing Compares to You: What Sinéad O'Connor Means to Us"| oldster.substack.com
"I regret that I didn’t start writing earlier because I think writing is a tremendous aid in self-awareness."| oldster.substack.com
Gail Rice on finding her voice, and using it to ask for what she wants.| oldster.substack.com
After recovering from breast cancer treatment in her 50s, Martha Bayne reclaims her right to take up space as a dancer.| oldster.substack.com
"You're older than you've ever been, and now you're even older...and now you're even older...and now you're even older..." - "Older," They Might Be Giants| oldster.substack.com
"The actions of forgiveness, acceptance and letting go are crucial. I do them imperfectly, and will practice them—imperfectly—until I die."| oldster.substack.com
Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life. Click to read Oldster Magazine, by Sari Botton, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.| oldster.substack.com
(Unfortunately, not the fun kind.) An open thread about time's painful effects on our shoulders, hips, elbows, wrists, knees, ankles, etc., and what we're doing about it.| oldster.substack.com
Forty years ago, at 28, Michael Musto thought he was a has-been. Now 68, he reveals how he keeps adding new chapters to the consistently unfolding story of his career.| oldster.substack.com
On the brink of 60, while healing from unexpected surgery, Alison Krupnick bonds with her daughter’s molting orchid mantis.| oldster.substack.com
What are you giving loved ones this year? What gifts would you like to receive? An open thread. Plus, introducing the Oldster nameplate necklace, and other suggestions from the Ye Olde storefront...| oldster.substack.com
"I have scars from my Covid-era surgeries and will soon have another scar from my breast cancer surgery. In some ways, I view them the way some people view wrinkles, as evidence that I have lived."| oldster.substack.com
I Almost Don’t Care What You Think (of Me).| oldster.substack.com
